Proposals in all areas of Korean studies are invited for the 24th Biennial Conference of the Association for Korean Studies in Europe, which will take place June 17-21, 2009, at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Leiden, The Netherlands, hosted by the Centre for Korean Studies, Leiden University.
Proposals should indicate their subject area, i.e., pre-modern history, modern history, modern Korean society, religions and philosophy, linguistics, anthropology and folklore, literature, and arts and archaeology. Both individual and panel proposals can be submitted, though preference will be given to panel proposals.
Panels should consist of up to four presenters. The panel organizer should submit a proposal indicating the organizer’s name and affiliation, the panel title, key words and a (maximum) 1,000-word abstract. The panel organizer should also provide a list of panel participants (both presenters and discussant) and their institutional affiliation and 500-word abstracts of the respective panel papers.
Individual paper submissions should state title, key words, and subject area, a (maximum) 1,000-word abstract, and the name and affiliation of the presenter.
Paper abstracts can be submitted in English, Korean, French, or German. Proposals must be submitted as an e-mail attachment (preferably Word) by August 31, 2008. Please use your last name as document title (as in DeCeuster.doc).
Following a screening process, those who have submitted paper or panel proposals will be notified by November 2008 whether their paper/panel has been accepted or not. Full papers are due before April 30, 2009.
For further information on the conference, and on the screening criteria and process, consult the AKSE Homepage: http://www.akse.uni-kiel.de. E-mail inquiries may be directed to akse2009@gmail.com.